CONCORDIA ST. PAUL TOOK ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IN AN EXHIBITION GAME

The Golden Bears of Concordia St. Paul took on the University of Minnesota women’s basketball team in an exhibition game at Williams Arena. Last season the Gophers had a record of 19-17 and were 6-10 in the Big Ten. Concordia St. Paul had a record of 11-17 and 8-14 in the NSIC last season. Concordia is a division 2 school located in St. Paul, Minnesota.

It was a light crowd at Williams Arena as the game was about to start there were technical difficulties with the clock. After the clock issues were resolved it was on to basketball.

Minnesota looked to push the ball down the court as quickly as they could in transition. It took awhile for each team to get acclimated in the first exhibition game for each team.

Minnesota jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead with 17:40 left in the first half. They shared the ball well as they passed it around and got everyone touches.

At the first media timeout with 15:55 left in the first half the score was Minnesota 7 and Concordia St. Paul 0.

Minnesota did a good job of creating turnovers and they were able to create points off of turnovers in the first half.

Concordia St. Paul took a timeout with 13:08 left in the first half. The score was Minnesota 18 and Concordia St. Paul 2.

The first field goal for Concordia St. Paul came off a Jasmine Haynes jump shot with 12:42 left in the first half.

There was a media timeout with 11:46 left in the first half the score was Minnesota 20 and Concordia 6.

Minnesota was able to create havoc for the Concordia players as they had a hard time bringing the ball down the court as the defensive pressure got to them.

Concordia's Anika Whiting found her shot late in the first half as she was able to hit some key shots for her team.

There was a media timeout with 7:34 left in the first half the score was Minnesota 32 and Concordia 14.

Both teams dove on the floor after loose balls and went for rebounds.

Minnesota's offense went stagnate for a period late in the first half. At the final media timeout the score was Minnesota 33 and Concordia St. Paul 20.

Minnesota used a trapping defense late in the first half. They were able to create turnovers.

At halftime the score was Minnesota 44 and Concordia St. Paul 24.

Minnesota's Rachel Banham was all over the floor. She knew where she could shoot the ball from and her teammates got her the ball in spots where she could shoot it.

There was a media timeout with 15:38 left to go in regulation. The score was Minnesota 52 and Concordia St. Paul 30.

Minnesota didn't take the gas off the peddle as they continued to hit lay-ups and jump shots throughout the second half.

There was a media timeout with 11:59 left in regulation. The score was Minnesota 57 and Concordia St. Paul 34.

Minnesota trapped the ball well and was able to get a hand in the passing lanes as they were able to get turnovers off of deflections.

There was a media timeout with 7:27 left in regulation the score was Minnesota 67 and Concordia St. Paul 41.

Both teams played hard throughout the whole game. Minnesota was a quicker and more physical team then Concordia St. Paul. Concordia St. Paul played hard and tough throughout the game.

The final media timeout was made with 3:13 left in regulation. The score was Minnesota 71 and Concordia St. Paul 47.

Minnesota was up the whole game and they walked away with the 76-49 victory over Concordia St. Paul.

Concordia St. Paul shot 16-50 from the field that included going 2-10 from behind the three-point line. They shot 15-20 from the free throw line. Concordia brought down a total of 35 rebounds 25 of them on the defensive end. They were led in scoring by Anika Whiting with 18 points and Rachel Hansen with 12 points.

Minnesota shot 28-63 from the field that included going 7-11 from behind the three-point line. Minnesota shot 13-16 from the free throw line. They brought down 38 total rebounds 26 of them on the defensive end. Minnesota was led in scoring by Rachel Banham with 22 points, Kionna Kellogg with 14 points, Mikayla Beiley with 11 points and Kayla Hirt with 10 points. 

For a photo gallery of the game check out Tony Geer's photo's from Community Hoops on Flickr.